PATNA: Bihar reported 618 new
Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the tally to 2,42,152. Five deaths — three from Patna and one each from
Bhojpur and Aurangabad — were also registered after which the state’s toll reached 1,312.
Altogether six
corona patients died at
the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P). While 19 people were admitted to the hospital, 17 were discharged on Friday.
The Nalanda Medical College and Hospital where one patient was admitted on Friday did not report any death.
According to the figures of the state health department, 201 people tested positive for
Covid in Patna, taking the tally to 44,592. However, with 42,195 recoveries and 339 deaths, there are 2,058 active cases in the district. Corona cases were also reported from other districts like
Gopalganj (59), Gaya (26),
Jehanabad (25), Purnea (22), Nalanda (21),
Bhagalpur (20), Nawada (20), Katihar (18) and Muzaffarpur (18).
In a tweet, health minister Mangal Pandey stated that 674 people had recovered from Covid in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s recovery rate to 97.3%. During the same period, 1,24,628 samples were tested.
With 2,35,614 recoveries, there are 5,524 active cases in Bihar.